PHNOM PENH, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine was inscribed on the World Heritage List during the 37th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) here on Friday.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, chairman of the 37th WHC session, expressed congratulations to the two countries for jointly nominating the property for the World Heritage List.
The Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine are a group of wooden Orthodox churches located in Poland and Ukraine. It was proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.
The Wooden Tserkvas include eight churches in Poland and the other eight in Ukraine.
The oldest wooden tserkvas preserved in the area of Polish and Ukrainian Carpathians were built in 16th century. These churches constitute the most perfect achievements of the wooden tserkva architecture of their time, and astonish to this date with their complex construction solutions, according to the UNESCO's document.
The World Heritage Committee is currently holding its 37th session in Phnom Penh to consider inscribing 30 new properties on the World Heritage List.
Dim Sovannarom, a spokesman for the 37th WHC session, said Friday that about 17 of the 30 candidate sites are likely to be inscribed on the list during the session.
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